Bridgetown - Boyup Brook · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Bridgetown - Boyup Brook

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Only 3.1% of people in Bridgetown - Boyup Brook use a language other than English at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than most of Australia, a trend that has barely changed over the last decade.

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📍 Bridgetown - Boyup Brook, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the dominant language for 88.7% of residents, which is far below the national figure of 22.3% for other languages. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.2% speaking little or no English, a figure well below the Australian average of 3.4%.

3.1% ▼ -4.3%

Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 3.3%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 2021: 3.1%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.2% ▲ +10.7%

Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 0.2%
  • 2021: 0.2%

Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.

Language used at home

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In Bridgetown - Boyup Brook, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 0%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Bridgetown - Boyup Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/501031017/bridgetown-boyup-brook/topic/language